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$1.25 a day can buy a ton of food in many of those countries, so your guilt trip is misleading.
It is not misleading. The World Bank's poverty estimate (what my claim is based on) specifically takes account of purchasing power; that is, 1.3 billion people quite literally do subsist on less than what $1.25 purchases in the United States. Most people would spend more than that on a bottle of water at a convenience store without batting an eye.But let's go down your path. How would that work? You think it would be a good idea to feed the world, but is it actually possible? without breaking the very market that provided the surplus in the first place?
Yes, it is possible through one of two routes. One is by personal donation. For example, if the top 10% of America donated a modest amount of their income to international aid efforts, America could singlehandledly be responsible for achieving the UN's Millennium Development Goals, which basically aim to eradicate poverty and hunger on the global scale. I'll spare you the details unless you're interested, but it could be done with a progressive scale starting at 5% of income for those earning more than $100,000 per year. The rest of America would not even have to donate, although they could (and should).
Another is by switching to vegetarian diets on the large scale. Annually, the world feeds hundreds of billions of tons of grain to feed animals that we later eat. But the process is incredibly inefficient. For cows, for example, we get fewer than a 10% return in food compared to what we put in (in terms of pounds of food produced). If most of the developed world stopped eating meat, there would be enough food left over to end world hunger. I'm not exaggerating.
America is already #1 in food donation. Most of it goes to feed Americans
Why is the answer with you Progressives always "take xyz away"?
also, just wondering how that fits in with how I assume your position is on world population. I would guess that you think there are too many people on the planet, especially under the lens of someone who believes in global warming. You do understand that if hunger in the world were eradicated, the population would explode and possibly become an even bigger problem, since the number of mouths to feed would at some point eclipse the levels currently produced. Any thoughts on these " consequences "?


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Meda Chesney-Lind is not only the recipient of a new national award, but it has been named in her honor.
The professor of Women's Studies at UH Mānoa will receive the Meda Chesney-Lind Award for her scholarly achievement and activism in the intersection of gender of crime from the Western Society of Criminology (WSC) in 2013. She is being recognized for her service to the organization and contributions to feminist criminology.
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She also received the Donald Cressey Award from the National Council on Crime and Delinquency for outstanding contributions to the field of criminology, the Founders award of the WSC for significant improvement of the quality of justice, and the University of Hawai'i Board of Regent's Medal for Excellence in Research.
The author of eight books, Chesney-Lind has just finished two more titles on trends in girls' violence: "Beyond Bad Girls: Gender, Violence and Hype," written with Katherine Irwin, and "Fighting for Girls," co-edited with Nikki Jones. "Fighting for Girls" recently won an award from the National Council on Crime and Delinquency for "focusing America's attention on the complex problems of the criminal and juvenile justice systems."
Chesney-Lind also recently joined a group studying trends in youth gangs organized by the National Institute of Justice and was among the scholars working with the Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention's Girls Study Group. In Hawai'i, she has worked with the Family Court, First Circuit, advising it on the recently formed Girls Court as well as helping to improve the situation of girls in detention with the recent Juvenile Detention Alternatives Initiative.
She received her B.A. in 1969 from Whitman College in Walla Walla, Washington, and both her master's and PhD from UH Mānoa.


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Really wanted Zaheer. My plan to just try and draft a new attack went so badly, everyone else retained at least one bowler and then all the Test-standard ones starting going in round one.
Really wanted Zaheer. My plan to just try and draft a new attack went so badly, everyone else retained at least one bowler and then all the Test-standard ones starting going in round one.
Every one of England and South Africa's front line seamers had been taken before I had my first pick. And the only Australian ones remaining where Hilfenhaus and Cummins.
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Was kind of hoping Murali would slip through with the not playing FC since 2010 lark. Ah well.
I really hoped to get Pattinson in round 1 and a batsman in round 2 but Pattinson was the first guy picked much to my surprise. Have had to do some quick thinking and rearguard action to recover from that slip up.
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The whole draft and retentions thing is bonkers. Should have been allowed to retain well more than 4 tbh. But more importantly I'm a bit confused.
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text: The regional first round series between the Dodge City Conquistadors and the Neosho County Panthers will go down to a decisive third game at 1 p.m. Sunday at Cavalier Field. The Conquistadors routed the Panthers 10-2 in Saturday's first game, while Neosho County had a four-run sixth inning hold up for a 4-2 decision in the second game of the series to force the deciding third game. Ross Vance closed out his home career by pitching eight innings and giving up only one unearned run, four hits and a walk while striking out four. Vance will be playing at West Virginia next season. The Panthers (30-24) didn't help themselves in the first game with eight errors. Spencer Bedwell went 4-for-4 with three runs scored and an RBI for the Conqs (32-22) in the first game, while Chris Ramsey knocked in three and Haden Houska two in the win. Eight of the nine Conqs had a hit in the opener. Neosho County took the early lead in the second when Bobby Wernes opened the inning by reachig base on a fielding error and went to second on a throwing error as the Conqs still tried to get the runner out at first. Werner then scored on a wild pitch. The Conqs scored four runs in the bottom of the second. Parker Jones opened with a single and later scored on a passed ball; Jerry Lacayo reached base on one error and scored on another; Ramsey's groundout brought the third run and Houska scores on a throwing error in trying to get Conner Koepp out at second on a stolen base. Dodge City scored again in the sixth on a RBI sacrifice bunt by Ramsey and a RBI double by Koepp. The Conqs scored four more in the seventh on a RBI double by Bedwell; a run-scoring groundout by Houska; a RBI single by Ramsey, who scored the fourth run of the frame on a balk. The final run for the Panthers in the opener was a RBI groundout by Evan Smith. Chance Sinclair was the losing pitcher for Neosho County. Sinclair threw six innings and gave up seven hits and six runs (three earned) while striking out two in suffering the decision on the mound. Dodge City took a 2-0 lead after four innings on a RBI sacrifice bunt by Connor Ross and Jones scored in the fourth inning from third base on a balk called on Jon Furlong. Neosho County scored their runs in the sixth on a Dodge City error, a balk issued by Jagger Harjo, and two runs on a sacrifice bunt by Smith as Jones was late on a throw going home which allowed the second run. Harjo threw a complete game, but was the losing pitcher for the Conqs. The righthander gave up three hits, a walk, and four runs (one earned) while striking out nine in the contest. Furlong also threw a complete game for the Panthers to earn the win. He gave up nine hits and two earned runs while striking out five in his nine innings of work.


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Demba Ba sent Chelsea into the FA Cup semifinals with a 1-0 victory over Manchester United on Monday, keeping his team on course for a cup double to make amends for a lackluster Premier League campaign.
The quarterfinal replay came to life four minutes into the second half when Ba exquisitely hooked the ball over goalkeeper David De Gea to set up a Wembley Stadium meeting with Manchester City.
"We had the experience from Newcastle a couple of years back when he scored exactly the same type of goal,'' United manager Alex Ferguson said. "We had to be aware of that movement and we were caught napping, to be honest.''
While Chelsea also has a Europa League quarterfinal on Thursday, United is left only with the Premier League in which it holds a seemingly insurmountable 15-point lead over City. The two Manchester teams play Monday.
"It was disappointing today, of course, but we have to forget all about it,'' Ferguson said. "We are in a good position obviously, and I think a positive result for us on Monday will just about seal the title for us.''
United was denied an equalizer at Stamford Bridge when Petr Cech pulled off a stunning one-handed save to block Javier Hernandez's close-range header.
Chelsea held on to produce the perfect response to Saturday's loss at Southampton, which dropped the team to fourth in the league.
Although Chelsea is on course for a fifth FA Cup triumph in seven seasons, the priority for the club is still securing a top-four finish and Champions League qualification. However, the win puts interim manager Rafa Benitez, who is only under contract until the end of the season, closer to getting a trophy to show for his short spell at Stamford Bridge.
"The priority is the top four ... the race for the top four will be until the end of the season,'' Benitez said. "We're in the top four with a game in hand. We're in a very good position, the semifinals of the FA Cup and the quarterfinals of the Europa League.''
With the fixtures piling up, Benitez has to manage his squad, with Ashley Cole joining fellow defender Gary Cahill on the sidelines Monday.
Cole, who was rested on Saturday, pulled up after just 20 minutes with a hamstring injury that will keep him out for two weeks. Cahill is set be sidelined for at least 15 more days after injuring his knee before the two-week international break last month.
"We can't kill players playing them two games in a row, because then they get injured and we lose them,'' Benitez said. "Our squad is not too big but we can manage if we don't have injuries.''
Few matches will witness an atmosphere as toxic as this one.
Boos greeted United defender Rio Ferdinand's name when it was read out before kickoff, as was most touches during the game.
The response by United fans was to chant about Chelsea captain John Terry, making clear references to his ban for racially abusing Ferdinand's brother, Anton, during a match at Queens Park Rangers last season.
Terry was on the bench in one of seven changes from the side that lost at Southampton, but neither defense had much to do initially.
There wasn't even a shot on goal for 31 minutes, with Eden Hazard eventually breaking forward and releasing Ba, whose shot was turned away by De Gea's left outstretched foot.
Hazard had a chance after playing a one-two with Oscar but the Belgium winger blasted it over, while Cech scooped a shot from Hernandez clear with his right foot.
There was little De Gea could do to keep out the eventual match-winner.
Mata lobbed a pass over the United defense and Ba raced past Ferdinand and hooked a volley over De Gea while almost sideways in the air.
"It was a brilliant pass from Juan,'' Ba said. "For Newcastle, I scored quite a similar goal against Man United. It reminded me of that.''
United pushed for the equalizer but was thwarted by Cech's superb save that even had Hernandez congratulating the Czech Republic goalkeeper.
Antonio Valencia surged forward and whipped in a cross that Hernandez met with a diving header that appeared to be heading into the net before Cech tipped over with his left hand.
"It was a great ball from the wing and Javier did well to direct the ball into the goal,'' Cech said. "I went fast as I could and left my left arm to do the job. I tried to cover as much space as I could, and luckily I was able to reach it.''
United was without striker Wayne Rooney due to a groin injury while Robin van Persie didn't come off the bench until the second half.
Van Persie squandered his best chance to equalize when he made a poor connection with Patrice Evra's late cross, shooting high when unmarked in a central position.
"We lacked the composure to win the game,'' Ferguson said. "We had a lot of possession but didn't make the best use of it.''
Chelsea will now play Manchester City on April 14 at Wembley, a day after Wigan takes on Millwall in the other semifinal.


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Banking and BIM
I have a question for you. If the banks were to suddenly open their checkbooks again and start lending tomorrow so developers could begin the construction process, how would you feel if the banks would only lend money if the A/E team was required to use BIM? What if they required IPD as well?
Would you be willing to make that investment for the sake of a better design and construction process and workflow? What if the future of your firm thus depended on you buying and learning Revit? Is that what it would take to move the line?
What if they required LEED as well? It was just something that popped into my head during a conversation with a developer.
Should the banks be willing to lend money only for projects using BIM and IPD so they could be guaranteed that there would be fewer change orders and a much higher probability of jobs finishing on time and budget?
Can anyone tell me what percent of the jobs they've designed finished on time and budget? What's your typical budget overage?
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Bullet 2.87 has improved support for robotics, reinforcement learning and VR. In particular, see the "Reinforcement Learning" section in the pybullet quickstart guide at http://pybullet.org . There are also preliminary C# bindings to allow the use of pybullet inside Unity 3D for robotics and reinforcement learning. In addition, vectorunit Beach Buggy Racing using Bullet has been released for the Nintendo Switch!
You can download the release from https://github.com/bulletphysics/bullet3/releases
The Bullet 2.86 has improved Python bindings, pybullet, for robotics, machine learning and VR, see the pybullet quickstart guide.
Furthermore, the PGS LCP constraint solver has a new option to terminate as soon as the residual (error) is below a specified tolerance (instead of terminating after a fixed number of iterations). There is preliminary support to load some MuJoCo MJCF xml files (see data/mjcf), and haptic experiments with a VR glove. Get the latest release from github here.
We have been making a lot of progress in higher quality physics simulation for robotics, games and visual effects. To make our physics simulation easier to use, especially for roboticist and machine learning experts, we created Python bindings, see examples/pybullet. In addition, we added Virtual Reality support for HTC Vive and Oculus Rift using the openvr sdk. See attached youtube movie. Updated documentation will be added soon, as well as possible show-stopper bug-fixes, so the actual release tag may bump up to 2.85.x. Download the release from github here.
The new Bullet Physics SDK 2.83 is available from github. The biggest change is the new example browser using OpenGL 3+. For more changes and features, see the docs/BulletQuickstart.pdf as part of the release. For more information and download link, see http://www.bulletphysics.org/Bullet/phpBB3/viewtopic.php?f=18&t=10527
Also, our proposal for a course on Bullet got accepted for the upcoming SIGGRAPH 2015 conference in Los Angeles.
Tuesday, 11 August 3:45 pm – 5:15 pm, Los Angeles Convention Center, Room 404AB
UPDATE: here are the slide decks:
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The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences today announced that 21 scientific and technical achievements represented by 58 individual award recipients will be honored at its annual Scientific and Technical Awards Presentation on Saturday, February 7, at the Beverly Wilshire in Beverly Hills.
"To Erwin Coumans for the development of the Bullet physics library, and to Nafees Bin Zafar and Stephen Marshall for the separate development of two large-scale destruction simulation systems based on Bullet.
These pioneering systems demonstrated that large numbers of constrained rigid bodies could be used to animate visually complex, believable destruction effects with minimal simulation time."
Thanks to all Bullet contributors and users!
Nasa is using Bullet in their new open source Tensegrity Robotics Toolkit. You can find more information and video link here: http://bulletphysics.org/Bullet/phpBB3/viewtopic.php?f=17&t=9978
The new book Multithreading for Visual Effects includes a chapter on the OpenCL optimizations for upcoming Bullet 3.x. Other chapters include multithreading development experiences from OpenSubDiv, Houdini, Pixar Presto and Dreamworks Fluids and LibEE. You can get it at the publisher AK Peters/CRC Press or at Amazon.
Development on upcoming Bullet 2.83 and Bullet 3.x is making good progress, hopefully an update follows soon.
Development of the open source Bullet Physics SDK continues at http://github.com/bulletphysics/bullet3 . All the open issues have been moved from the googlecode repository to github with links between old and new issues. There will be a Bullet 2.83 release using the github repository very soon, it is in alpha stage now. In 2014 we will be moving to Bullet 3.x and the unstable Bullet 3.x code is already included in Bullet 2.83.
The new Bullet 2.82 SDK is available for download. It allows for higher quality physics simulation, suitable for robotics, using the Featherstone articulated body algorithm. The release also introduces a new Mixed Linear Complementarity Problem (MLCP) solver interface, with various direct solver implementations. Read more here.
Our focus is now on integrating all Bullet 2.x features into the upcoming Bullet 3.x SDK. You can learn more about its progress in our SIGGRAPH course notes on GPU rigid body simulation at the Multithreading and VFX website.
Ralf Knoesel shared the good news that Riptide GP2, the latest iOS/Android game from Vector Unit, uses Bullet for collision detection and rigid body simulation. See http://www.bulletphysics.org/Bullet/phpBB3/viewtopic.php?f=17&t=9324 for more information
We have been working with Larry Weinberg and his crew to integrate Bullet soft body and rigid body into Poser 3D. Create rigid simulations with constraints to build complex mechanical interactions. Paint softbody constraint weights to animate. Add jiggle and bounce to any prop or character. Use the Live Simulation mode to preview dynamics in realtime, or calculate simulations to include in rendered animations. See for more information on Bullet and Poser 3D here.
Bullet 3.x will feature a 100% GPU accelerated rigid body pipeline with various parallel broad phase algorithms, convex and concave triangle mesh and several parallel solvers. Here is a teaser video for my GPU rigid body talk at GDC 2013 this Thursday March 28, 2.30PM. See some Youtube video here.
See http://schedule2013.gdconf.com/session-id/822773 for more details.
The new Bullet 2.81 Physics SDK is released. It includes an Apple contribution of SIMD and Neon optimizations for Mac OSX and iOS. Some new features include rolling friction ( so that curved shapes such as sphere, cylinders and cones will stop rolling, even on a sloped surface), a gear constraint, force and torque joint feedback, optional Coriolis forces and speculative contacts for fast moving objects. For more information and feedback see
Also Cebas released the 3ds Max plugin thinkingParticles 5 and it features Bullet Physics. Check it out here: http://www.cebas.com/index.php?pid=news_next&nid=489
Bullet 2.80 includes a preview of the GPU rigid body pipeline by Takahiro Harada, running 100% on the GPU using OpenCL. You can check out the Youtube videos or slides and precompiled binaries.
Graham Rhodes and Anthony Hamilton contributed a Android/NEON optimized version of Sony Physics Effects, which will be used as a handheld backend in Bullet 3.x. Last but not least, the open source Dynamica Bullet plugin for Maya is now deterministic and has preliminary support for soft body/cloth and convex decomposition through HACD.
For more info, see this forum post.
The C++ version of Bullet can be build using the Native Client compiler and it runs full-speed in the Google Chrome web browser, without plugin. Just check your Chrome About Box to make sure the version is 15 or later and you can check out the live demo.
The Bullet C++ source code didn't need any modification, and it compiled out-of-the-box using the premake4 generated Makefiles. Check out the Native Client for Dummies article for more information.
Bullet 2.79 is out. It is mainly a bugfix release, but there are a few new features. In particular there is a new convex decomposition library, HACD, integrated. Also we now support the premake build system, next to cmake and autotools. Premake can autogenerated Visual Studio project files that can be distributed, unlike cmake.
See http://bulletphysics.org/Bullet/phpBB3/viewtopic.php?f=18&t=7445 for more information.
We uploaded the slides from our SIGGRAPH course "Destruction and Dynamicsfor Film and Game Production". You can find the slides at http://bulletphysics.org/siggraph2011
The new Cars 2 game by Disney Interactive is using Bullet physics!
Furthermore, Ralph shared the news that Riptide GP for Android is using Bullet:
"Besides our internal tech there are three key components that made Riptide GP possible: The Android NDK, Bullet Physics, and FMOD Sound System. The NDK allows us to write native C++ code which is then optimized for the ARM architecture. Bullet Physics, which we use for collision detection and rigid body simulation, just worked out of the box. FMOD Sound System released an Android version of their SDK just in time, which has been working flawlessly since the first release."
See also http://www.vectorunit.com/blog/2011/6/27/the-tech-behind-riptide-gp.html
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GNU Robots is a game/diversion where you construct a program for a little robot, then watch him explore a world. The world is filled with baddies that can hurt you, objects that you can bump into, and food that you can eat. The goal of the game is to collect as many prizes as possible before are killed by a baddie or you run out of energy.
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JavaScript widget controllers
We have got many standard JavaScript controllers that can be used unchanged or extended to provide functionality that is in line with our UI design language and elements.
Please make sure that you think twice before you introduce a non-standard widget controller. Often slight deviations in the UI specification from one of the standard handlers are not intended. Restricting elements to one of the standard widgets will considerably reduce our initial development effort as well as future maintenance.
What is a widget controller?
We implement a JavaScript model-view-controller (MVC) framework on the client side. What we call a "widget controller" is the controller-part of the MVC framework, not to be confused with other re-usable client-side code snippets (e.g. templates). There is a lot of client-side view code (templates, HTML) that is not "active" on the client side and therefore not managed by a client-side controller. These re-usable code snippets are not documented here because they are generally or low complexity and their potential for re-use is sometimes restricted. You'll have to look these templates up in the code and read their file-level documentation for further information.
What we document here are very well-defined active client-side widgets that consist of a controller (JavaScript objects), view (mark-up/template) and model (configuration, options) part. They are an important element of our user interface standard. The following paragraphs will give a short description of the use cases for which each widget is usually appropriate and they'll document less obvious parts of their public interface which cannot be easily seen from the code.
You'll find much more detailed information in the class-level and method-level documentation of the corresponding JavaScript files.
Widget documentation
We implement two basic types of modals:
- simple confirmation modals ($.pkp.controllers.modal.ConfirmationModalHandler)
- AJAX-driven modals ($.pkp.controllers.modal.AjaxModalHandler)
The AJAX-driven modal exists as a wizard modal variant ($.pkp.controllers.modal.WizardModalHandler) which provides default bindings for wizard events (see Wizards below).
We typically use modals for static confirmation messages, to manage grid data, to show forms in general and wizard-type workflows where these are subordinated to some parent page.
Our modals are based on the jQueryUI dialog widget. Unfortunately jQueryUI is not easy to extend because it mixes view and controller elements. We have to go to some lengths to integrate jQueryUI into our more extensible framework. Most importantly jQueryUI places modals outside of the DOM which breaks UI encapsulation rules and means that events do not correctly bubble up to the calling context of the modal. jQueryUI also introduces mark-up dynamically on initialization of the dialog which makes customization of dialogs difficult without breaking the MVC pattern ourselves.
In order to being able to use the modal without creating too close of a coupling to other unrelated widgets, we introduced an "event bridge" that effectively forwards well-defined events to the calling context. It would badly break encapsulation if a modal would update a grid directly, for example. The modal would have to "know" about specific grids which would drastically reduce it's potential for re-use.
The event bridge resolves reduces the necessary coupling. If, for example, you open the modal from a link action in a grid then modal events can be forwarded via the event bridge to the link action and thereby bubble into the grid which makes it possible for the grid to react to events generated by the modal. If the modal changes the data presented on the grid, then a grid refresh event can be forwarded to the grid so that the grid "knows" it has to update itself. This is a much looser coupling of modal and grid than if the modal had to update the grid itself.
For performance reasons we cannot forward all events triggered inside the modal, though. This means that if you need an event generated inside the modal in the calling context then you have to "publish" it. While this still creates a certain amount of unwanted "upwards" coupling between the modal, it seems an acceptable compromise between performance and maintenance requirements. Coupling is kept to a minimum so that in practice we can maintain very broad re-usability of our modal widget. You'll have to remember, though, to publish your events if you want them to be forwarded. Please have a look at the ModalHandler object's constructor for examples (page redirection, grid refresh, ...) how to do that.
The standard form handler ($.pkp.controllers.form.FormHandler) should be bound to all forms, either unchanged or extended by a custom form class (e.g. $.pkp.controllers.files.form.FileUploadFormHandler). It provides automatic form validation and event binding and therefore reduces the probability for validation glitches or inconsistent form user experience.
The form currently emits three public events which other widgets can subscribe to:
- formValid: This event will be generated whenever the form is checked and considered valid for submission. Forms are usually validated after every keyup or focusout event on one of the form elements.
- formInvalid: The same as the previous event for a form with invalid form values.
- formSubmitted: Emitted after the form has been successfully submitted.
- formCanceled: Emitted after the form's cancel button was activated.
Please use {include file="form/formButtons.tpl"} in your form for standard buttons.
We also have a variant of the standard FormHandler, called ClientFormHandler, that does not send form data to the server when submitted but rather keeps them on the client for other widgets to use. The ClientFormHandler will emit the same events as the FormHandler with the small difference that when the form is submitted, the form data will be sent along with the formSubmitted event as event data rather than submitting the form to the server. The ClientFormHandler is in the same namespace/package as the FormHandler.
The tab handler ($.pkp.controllers.TabHandler) implements a tabbed interface, i.e. in the case of the Information Center, the three tabs "Notes", "Notify", and "History".
The default implementation of the handler tracks the current tab (getCurrentTab) and current tab index (getCurrentTabIndex). It also provides default hooks for several tab events that can be used by subclasses.
The standard wizard handler ($.pkp.controllers.WizardHandler) provides a framework to implement wizards with a consistent user experience throughout the application. The wizard handler also deals with the details of wizard navigation.
The wizard handler emits events that other widgets within the wizard or outside of the wizard can subscribe to for their own purposes:
- wizardAdvance: Triggered when the wizard advances to the next step.
- wizardClose: Triggered when wizard advance is requested and the last step was reached.
- wizardCancel: Triggered when the wizard's "cancel" button is clicked. The default implementation triggers a wizardClose event (see above).
The wizard also lets you do validation prior to canceling or advancing. If you want to do so then subscribe to the following events:
- wizardAdvanceRequested: Triggered when the continue button is clicked.
- wizardCancelRequested: Triggered when the cancel button is clicked.
If you call event.preventDefault() on one of these events, the original action (wizard advance or wizard cancellation) will not be executed.
The default implementation of the wizard does not do any validation checks. It provides default event handlers that automatically advance the wizard to the next step when the user clicks the "continue" button and closes the wizard after the last step.
Site Handler
This controller is attached to the body element and it is the first one into the widgets hierarchy. The handler represents the content of the entire site, which includes the header, side bars and footer. It listen to many events, related to notifications, redirection, sidebar and header refreshing, helper system, changes not saved warning and it also apply plugins to some elements.
Page Handler
The page handler is bound to the main content element of the page, typically a div with the class pkp_structure_main_contentPanel. The handler represents the content of the page that changes as users navigate the site (as opposed to the header and sidebars which typically stay static as you navigate the site).
This handler currently listens to only one event:
- redirectRequested: Redirects the user to the URL specified as the first parameter.
This provides a multi-file uploader that can be used inside forms. It wraps the jQuery plupload plug-in. For more documentation about events and methods to extend or use that class please read the documentation there.
You can find an example of the uploader in the file upload wizard used in most of our file grids (e.g. during the submission process).
The grid handler manages the client-side of our default grid implementation (see GridHandler.inc.php for the server side implementation). The grid handler's most prominent function is to refresh the grid upon request from the client-side (e.g. after an element of the grid has been added, edited or deleted on the server side) via AJAX without having to reload the whole page.
The grid subscribes to an "elementsChanged" event which is usually generated on the server side via the JSON::setEvent() method upon addition, editing or deletion of rows and then triggered on the client side. If the grid catches such an event it will update a single grid row or the whole grid depending on the event data. Please see the method documentation of the GridHandler::elementsChanged() method for more information and search for this method in server side code to see examples how it is being used. Events sent via JSON::setEvent() will be triggered automatically when received on the client side (see Handler::handleJson() in Handler.js).
Link actions
Link actions are active buttons that trigger some dynamic action on the client side (e.g. follow a dynamically changing link, open up a form or wizard modal, open up a confirmation dialog, etc.). Link actions are most often used in grids as grid actions, row actions or cell actions. You'll find many examples of such actions and how they are configured on the server side in our different grid implementations. Watch out for "new LinkAction(...)" code snippets there.
Link actions themselves are not specialized. They need to be configured with a "link action request" that tells the link action what to do when it is being clicked or otherwise activated. Link actions are usually configured on the server side rather than on the client side. Please look for PHP classes extending the LinkActionRequest PHP class for all link action types currently available. If you search for "new SomeLinkActionRequest(...)" in the code you'll find examples of their use.
While the day-to-day use of link actions is very simple, it's back-end implementation is relatively abstract and complex. This was necessary so that we can accommodate a broad reach of different grid action types without having to create specialized grid implementations depending on different grid actions which would cause us a lot of extra effort in our day-to-day development work. We therefore chose to err on the complexity of the back-end code rather than increasing the amount of work to use link actions.
The downside of this flexibility is that you have to understand quite a bit of abstract code to introduce new link actions if you cannot use one of the existing action types. The easiest way to do so is to configure some PHP debugger on the server side and use FireBug on the client side to step through the code.
Link actions emit two events which you can use, e.g. to trigger a throbber while the link action is active:
- actionStart
- actionStop
Multilingual inputs
Multilingual-capable fields will show all available locale fields for a data at once when the first one is focused. The first one presents always the data into the user interface locale. As soon as no other localized field is focused, all the others will be hidden and just the first one is visible again.
To use it just add the multilingual=true parameter inside the fbv tag, inside the template file. The js controller will be automatically attached to the html and, if you are in a multilingual scenario, you will see the other fields as soon as you focus the first one.
The multilingual input also works with tiny mce editor.
See multilingual input user interface example.
Autocomplete inputs
Inputs that will give users options while they are typing. It uses ajax requests to server to query the options that matches what users already typed.
To work with an autocomplete field you should tell the controller which operation should be used to query the suggestions, while user is typing. You define this inside the FBV tab, using the autocompleteUrl option. You can build the url using the smarty function url (see PKPTemplateManager::smartyUrl()) or you can build it into the php handler and pass it to the template manager in a variable.
The server operation should return a JSON message with an array containing all the values that should be presented. You must return an array with items containing another array with two keys: label and value. The label will only be used to visualization and the value will be the data that the form will send to the server on a form submit action. Eg.:
array(array('label' => 'Label 1', 'value' => 1), array('label' => 'Label 2', 'value' => 2))
This widget supports two modes of operation:
Sycronized with user typing (DEFAULT) No matter if user used an option of the result JSON query or not, the controller will always update what user types into the visible field to the hidden field value. That way you can let your users entering different data other than the options that you pre selected to them. This mode will NOT support the label and value response distinction yet. It will always use the label value, that is, what is being shown into the field.
Restricted to a set of values Users will not be able to submit any value other than the ones returned by the query request. They will have to select one of those that appears from the query based on what they are typing. If no option appears or if one appears but users don't select it but just continues typing, then the hidden field will not be updated and no data will be submitted to the server on form submission. Use this when you want to restrict what users can choose as data for this input. To use this option, you have to add the option disableSync=true into the FBV method, inside the template.
You also have to define the name of the variable that will be posted to the server on form submit, so you can get the data the user has selected or typed. You can define this using the id option, inside the autocomplete FBV method, also inside the template. A common autocomplete FBV definition inside template should be:
{fbvElement type="autocomplete" autocompleteUrl=$autocompleteUrl id="dataNameToBePosted" label="any.locale.key" value='anyValueAlreadyStoredByThisField'}
We have two different types of notification: in place and general. The notification controller is responsible for the in place ones. It will listen to the notifyUser event and it will request to the server all notifications that matches the ones defined on its options (notification type, assoc type, etc). You have to define the in place notification controller options on the php side, pass them to the template manager as a variable and use them when you add the in place notification template file to your template. See WorkflowHandler::production() and also templates/workflow/production.tpl to understand this process.
The notification controller will not listen to events that are comming from the DOM hierarchy, because it will never have a widget inside of it. It is meant to just listen to the notifyUser event that is always triggered by some parent widget. The widgets that really listen to the notifyUser events that comes from the other widgets are the ModalHandler, the PageHandler and the SiteHandler. Those 3 controllers will always use a notification helper to finde and decide the best notification controller to re-trigger the notifyUser event (see NotificationHelper.js inline documentation to better understand). If none is found, then the SiteHandler will present the general notification.
Despite the implementation seems a little odd, the usage is simple: if you want to present in place notifications, first you have to know what type of notifications you want to show. Then you build a notification options with those parameters (like the workflow example above) and add the inPlaceNotification.tpl into the template, placing it where you want to show the notification. You also have to make sure a notifyUser event will be triggered after the action you want to show the notification. The notifyUser event is already automatically triggered by the system when dataChanged event is returned as a response to the client.
So, for example, if you want to present a non-trivial notification after a user deleted an item inside a grid (trivial notifications will always be handled by the site handler when the notifyUser event comes inside a grid), you just have to build the parameters, place the notification template and make sure that the notification is created into the database when the user deletes the item. TBD: a better documentation about the notification system on the server side in a new page an link it here.
If there is a case where the system is not already triggering the notifyUser event, you can return it as a server response to the client side. But those cases are unlikely to happen.


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Cemetery Dance #62 was a William Peter Blatty special issue and it featured three original contributions by Blatty: "Epilogue: The Exorcist" and "Prologue to Exorcist III: Legion", which were "lost" sections of the screenplays of those movies, and "Terry and the Werewolf", an original short story Blatty wrote in the 1960s that never saw print. Also in the issue was an excerpt of a career spanning interview conducted by Cemetery Dance Managing Editor Brian James Freeman and "An Invitation To The Dance, Legion: Exorcist III" by Kealan Patrick Burke. The cover artwork was painted by Les Edwards.
In 2010, Cemetery Dance published The Exorcist and Legion in one special volume. Featuring two classic William Peter Blatty novels in one beautiful volume for the first-time ever, this oversized deluxe special edition is a must-have for any collector of horror. This incredible collector's edition included original B&W artwork by acclaimed artist Keith Minnion and the entire career spanning interview conducted by Cemetery Dance Managing Editor Brian James Freeman, covering Blatty's life and career from the 1950s to the present.
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MONROVIA (Reuters) - Liberia's security forces fired shots in the air to break up a protest at an ArcelorMittal SA iron ore plant northeast of the capital on Friday, authorities and witnesses said.
The protesters, who also fired shots, blocked entries to the mine, the company's railroad and offices. The company said in a statement they also entered the mines and looted equipment and building materials near the mine entrance, causing significant damage.
One demonstrator, who declined to be named, said ArcelorMittal had not fulfilled the terms of its concession agreement with the Liberian government. The person added that the company had not compensated local people for crops, nor had it paid wages or renovated houses.
The Indian steel and mining conglomerate operates the plant in Nimba County under a 25-year deal with the government.
"Ringleaders, including those who shot at the police, have been arrested and are being brought to Monrovia for further investigation and prosecution," the presidency said in a statement.
The statement assured investors that the government would protect their lives and property. It said police had restored calm to the city of Yekepa where the mine is situated, following the protest, which began on Thursday.
The West African state is recovering after a long civil war that ended in 2003. ArcelorMittal, BHP and other companies have moved into the country to tap iron ore reserves.
(Reporting by Alphonso Toweh and Clair MacDougall; Writing by Matthew Mpoke Bigg; Editing by Jan Paschal)


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For me, 2012 is all about being thankful. In this world we live in, it's so easy to want more, more, more. If we're not careful, we'll only focus on what we want and forget to give thanks for what we have.
The husband and I have tried to live our young marriage based on this principle. We actually picked a bible verse about gratitude as our marriage verse:
When I'm impatient about life, I have to remember to be thankful for this moment– to quit looking ahead to the future and to remember to be thankful for the now.
When I want to tear down walls and go crazy with home projects ($$$$), I have to take a step back and think how far we've come since we bought the place– blocking out the flaws of the home and instead focusing on the love we have inside these walls. A happy home is better than a perfect-looking home!
When my job makes me want to tear my hair out, I have to remember the economic situation and think about all of the people who would love to have my job. For goodness sake, stop complaining!
When I'm criticizing my body and having "fat days," I have to snap out of it! God gave me a healthy body that has enabled me to do so many things. It's hard to gripe about a couple of extra pounds when some people would do anything to have four limbs that work properly. Thankful, not critical.
When situations arise that make me (or my job, my home, my car, my clothes, my hair...) feel inadequate, it's time to remind myself that I'm not supposed to be living my life by earthly standards. We must be thankful for our blessings and not waste our time comparing what we have to others. That is a slippery, slippery slope.
This word is a wonderful goal for me, a word that can help shape me into the woman, wife, friend and Christian that I want to be. Pretty great value for eight little letters!
What about you– is there a word you've chosen for 2012? I'd love to hear about it. You can link up at the blog party to share it with everyone, if you'd like!
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text: Schloss Neuschwanstein - Neuschwanstein Castle (Swabia) Neuschwanstein Castle, role model for the fairytale castle itself, built for King Ludwig II between 1869 and 1886 on a rugged cliff against a scenic mountain backdrop, was intended to "embody the true spirit of the mediaeval German castle", as the king wrote in a letter to Richard Wagner, the famous German composer. The topping-out ceremony for the palace was not until 1880, and the king moved in 1884. When Ludwig II died in 1886, the "New Castle" was still not complete. Get more information www.neuschwanstein.de/englisch/tourist/index.htm Schloss Herrenchiemsee – Royal Palace of Herrenchiemsee (Upper Bavaria) Construction of this palace was started in 1878 by fairytale king Ludwig II, based on the model of Versailles palace. The impressive palace and gardens are located on the 230 hectare island of Herrenchiemsee, and can be reached by boat across the Chiemsee lake. Highlights of the palace are the magnificent staircase and the 75-metre hall of mirrors. As with Neuschwanstein palace, however, Herrenchiemsee palace had still not been completed when Ludwig died in 1886. Further details about the Herrenchiemsee palace and useful information for visitors can be found here. Königssee (Upper Bavaria) In the very heart of the Berchtesgaden Alps lies the emerald-green Königssee, near the town of Berchtesgaden. A boat trip across the Königssee gives visitors a chance to admire St Bartholomew's Church on the west shore of the lake. Passau: The city of three rivers (Lower Bavaria) The rivers Danube, Inn and Ilz flow together to wash the shores of this 'city of three rivers'. Its backdrop of high towers, picturesque squares, romantic promenades and crooked alleyways was created by Italian Baroque masters three centuries ago. Its hills offer views over the entire city and the surrounding area. Würzburg Residence (Lower Franconia) One of the most consistent and extraordinary Baroque palaces in Europe, the Würzburg Residence, with its magnificent court garden and square, was included in the UNESCO list of world heritage sites in 1981. The Würzburg Residence, which consists of three wings with over 300 Baroque and Rococo halls, was built between 1720 and 1744. The palace was once the residence of powerful bishop princes. The extensive, beautifully laid out court garden of the Würzburg Residence offers a place where visitors can relax, take a stroll or simply cool off in the beergarden after all the sightseeing. Historic city centre of Rothenburg ob der Tauber (Lower Franconia) The very well preserved mediaeval historic city centre of Rothenburg ob der Tauber is one of the most significant sights of Bavaria. The winding alleyways lined with historical buildings entice more than two million visitors every year.Get more information http://www.tourismus.rothenburg.de/index.php?id=467 Almabtrieb im Allgäu (Swabia) In mid-September the traditional Almabtrieb begins in the idyllic region of Allgäu. Around 53,000 young bulls and cows are brought down from the 1,400 Alpine pastures in Upper Bavaria and the Allgäu Alps into the valley, where they move into their winter accommodation – a popular tourist attraction year after year. The end of the mountain summer is traditionally celebrated in the Allgäu with large folk festivals in around 30 towns at the foot of the mountains. Augsburg town hall All visitors will be impressed by the Renaissance landmark of the city of Augsburg. After renovation work was carried out in 1985 – to celebrate Augsburg's 2,000 year jubilee – it is possible today to visit different exhibitions on historical topics. A trip to Augsburg cannot go without a visit to the 'Golden Hall' in Augsburg town hall.Get more information http://www.augsburg.de/index.php?id=12307 Fuggerei The Fuggerei area was founded in 1521 by Jakob Fugger the Rich (Jakob Fugger dem Reichen) as a housing complex for needy Augsburg citizens. It is the oldest existing social housing project in the world. The annual (basic) rent for a flat in the Fuggerei is still to this day equal to the nominal value of one Rheinischer Gulden (currently 0.88 euros), as well as three daily prayers for the founder and his family. The Fuggerei is a "city within the city", with a church, city walls and three towers, and is still inhabited today. Around 150 people currently live in the 140 flats of the 67 buildings. Get more information http://www.fugger.de/en/1_geschichte.htm Augsburg puppet theatre In 1940, a soldier by the name of Walter Oehmichen was accommodated in a school near Calais and discovered a small puppet theatre. He used it to entertain his comrades and he started dreaming about having his own puppet theatre. After the war ended he started to plan a new puppet theatre in the former Hospice of the Holy Spirit in Augsburg. The Augsburg puppet theatre was opened in 1948 with the performance of the fairytale "Puss-in-boots". Since then it has given over 20,000 performances, delighting more than 4 million spectators of all ages.No Engl. Page Nuremberg and the Nuremberg Christkindlmarkt Nuremberg is the second largest city of Bavaria and also the capital of Franconia. Nuremberg became famous beyond the Bavarian border mostly due to the Nuremberg trials. A visit to the mediaeval city centre at Christmas time is particularly worth a try, when 200 wooden stalls are set up for the world-famous 'Christkindlmarkt' or Christmas market, offering Christmas delicacies and gifts. Kaiserburg Nuremberg - Imperial Castle of Nuremberg With its museums, promenade and exclusive boutiques, mixed with modern and mediaeval buildings, the historic city centre of Nuremberg has a unique flair. The landmark of the city soars high above: the Kaiserburg. Built in the early 11th century, after being damaged in World War II, the fortification of Nuremberg was rebuilt to restore its historical contours and is open to visitors. Get more information http://www.schloesser.bayern.de/deutsch/schloss/objekte/nbg_burg.htm Die Nürnberger Prozesse – The Memorium Nuremberg Trials The trials of leading war criminals began in the courtrooms of the Nuremberg's Palace of Justice on 20th November 1945. Twenty-one leading figures of the Nazi regime had to answer to an international court for their crimes against peace and humanity. From 1946 to 1949, a further 12 trials were held before an American military court. The importance of these trials in the development of international criminal law in modern times has made courtroom 600 famous the world over. This permanent exhibition, which opened in November 2010 in the original setting of the trials, documents the preparation, proceedings and repercussions of the trials. Historic audio tapes and films all convey a vivid and very realistic impression of the trials. Bamberg New Residence and Rose Garden The New Residence of the Bamberg bishop princes was built starting 1613. In more than 40 magnificent rooms, sumptuous stucco ceilings, furniture and rugs from the 17th and 18th century can be admired.The rose garden, a Baroque garden where around 4,500 rose bushes come into bloom during the summer months, is located at the rear of the New Residence. Bamberg cathedral With its four towers, the cathedral is probably the most impressive building in the historic city centre of Bamberg, which is a listed UNESCO world heritage site. The cathedral is part of this site and houses the only papal grave north of the Alps and the grave of King Henry II. It is also possible to visit this impressive building, measuring almost 100 m in length and 30 m in width, with towers standing 75 m high and a history spanning 1,000 years. Walhalla In the memorial site of Walhalla in Donaustauf (10 km east of Regensburg), the marble busts of famous personalities have been honoured since 1842, as commissioned by Ludwig I. It is still possible to see people who made particular achievements and were immortalised here forever: personalities from more modern times such as Albert Einstein, Konrad Adenauer and Sophie Scholl stand side-by-side with personalities from earlier periods, such as Henry I. Regensburg The historic city centre of Regensburg has been named a UNESCO world heritage site. The historic city centre is the prime example of a European mediaeval trade centre. The urban structures reflect 2,000 years of architectural continuity and include Roman, Romanic and Gothic elements. Buildings dating back to the 11th to 13th century still define the cityscape, which is made up of dark, narrow alleyways, a strong fortification, towers plus a large number of churches and monasteries, as well as a 12th century stone bridge. Trausnitz castle This castle, built in the early 13th century, stands high above Landshut and can be seen from far and wide. It was initially a dukes' residence and was finally used as a prison for noble prisoners. In the mid-18th century it housed a wool and silk factory. Visitors today can take a tour through the mediaeval halls and the famous fools' staircase adorned with paintings of scenes from the Italian Commedia dell'arte. The finale of the tour is the view over the city.Get more information http://www.burg-trausnitz.de/englisch/castle/index.htm Landshuter Hochzeit (Landshut Wedding) A town returns to the Middle Ages for one of the largest historical events in Europe. The festival evokes the wedding of the Duke of Wittelsbach, George der Reiche from Landshut in Bavaria, with the Polish king's daughter Hedwig. Dressed in costumes true to the original, during the three weeks of the festival, around 2,000 citizens bring the most sumptuous chapter in their town's history back to life: the "Landshut wedding of 1475". Before the original backdrop of the historic city centre and Trausnitz castle, this includes the wedding procession, festival and dance performances, mediaeval music and the "Ride across the planks", and the jousting tournament. Every year the performance is watched by half a million visitors. Oktoberfest The world's largest folk festival, which is open just two and a half weeks during which it receives around 6-7 million visitors, is something you have to see to believe. BMW Welt Consectetuer porta delectus ea, quidem consequuntur eligendi vulputate, eiusmod fugiat lorem eiusmod, aenean saepe, laudantium, quaerat. Marienplatz An absolute must for any city break to Munich is the Marienplatz in the pedestrian zone. The Glockenspiel with its 43 chimes offers a spectacle for tourists from around the world every day at 11 o'clock and noon, and at 5 o'clock during the summer months. It is housed in the façade of the new town hall. At Christmas time you can visit the Christmas market here. Schloss Nymphenburg – Nymphenburg Palace The baroque Nymphenburg Palace, built in 1664, lies west of Munich. With its extensive, impressive park, this palace has been home to the 'gallery of beauty' since 1827. King Ludwig I had ladies from the most varied social classes pose for their portrait, including the famous dancer Lola Montez, whose relationship with King Ludwig I triggered a revolution. and the central canal with the cascade - and replaced the original geometric axis and avenue system with natural design elements. International Jazz Week Burghausen For over 40 years, the International Jazz week has turned Burghausen into a Mecca for both traditional and modern jazz music. Any name of importance in the international jazz scene has been here: Ella Fitzgerald, Count Basie, Michel Petrucciani, Albert Mangelsdorff, Chet Baker and many more. Burghausen Castle With a length of over 1,000 metres and almost all of its medieval fortifications still intact, Burghausen is one of the most impressive and largest castle complexes in all of Europe.From 1255, it was the second residence of the dukes of Lower Bavaria and the court of their consorts. There is a magnificent view of the surroundings from the viewing platform on the roof. Zugspitze mountain With 500,000 visitors every year, this ranks as the third most significant sight in Bavaria. The Zugspitze is 2,962 metres, making it Germany's highest mountain. Visitors can choose from three cable cars to reach the peak quickly and comfortably and enjoy the view. Partnachklamm The Partnachklamm is a gorge carved by a mountain stream, the Partnach, almost 700 metres in length and 80 metres deep at times, near Garmisch-Partenkirchen. Thanks to tunnels and passageways blasted in the rock, it is accessible in winter when the bizarre ice formations add particular charm to this site of natural beauty. The gorge is crossed by an iron bridge which stands 68 metres above the river, built in 1914. The Partnachklamm is visited by over 200,000 people every year.


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Cats can't "work out" problems, because they're territorial animals. Stop fights between house cats by blowing a whistle, squirting a bit of water or by tossing a soft object, like a pillow, near them.read more
Many people know someone who has diabetes, but did you know that this someone could be your cat? "Diabetes is pretty common in middle-aged cats," says Dr. Katy Nelson, a Virginia-based emergency veterinarian. "Cats tend to develop type 2 diabetes: Their cells stop responding to insulin. Just like with type 2 diabetes in older people, you can induce remission by modifying what they eat and how much they weigh."
Below, Nelson explains the signs and treatment of diabetes mellitus (aka "sugar diabetes") in felines.
Diabetes Mellitus in Cats
Humans get two types of diabetes (type 1 and 2), and so do pets. Cats are far more likely to develop type 2, which results from genetic factors as well as being inactive and overweight. As many as one in 50 cats are diabetic, and incidence seems to be increasing with growing numbers of obese, inactive house cats.
Studies have shown that almost half of all healthy cats will develop impaired glucose tolerance -- a risk factor for diabetes -- when they increase their body weight by around 40 percent. Neutered male cats older than 8 years are at highest risk, as are cats that have had pancreatitis. For cats 8 years and older, incidence of diabetes increases to one in 10.
Symptoms of Cat Diabetes
"PU/PD," says Nelson, referring to polyuria (urinating a lot) and polydipsia (drinking a lot). "All of a sudden, you can't keep the water bowl full, and the animal is going outside of the litter box." Sudden weight change -- loss or gain -- and vomiting and diarrhea are also possible symptoms.
"The symptoms are pretty non-specific. We commonly have people bring their cats in when they're acting strange, drinking and peeing a lot. The worst case scenario is in multi-cat households, where owners have a harder time identifying PU/PD," she says. "I've seen cats get brought in after collapsing in diabetic ketoacidosis, which is essentially when they've been hyperglycemic for so long that the muscle and organ tissue starts to break down. This is a veterinary emergency."
How Is Cat Diabetes Treated?
There is no cure for cat diabetes. However, it can go into remission with insulin treatment and proper diet. Even when this is not the case, diabetes can be managed in order to maintain a pet's quality of life. The treatment for cat diabetes is three-part:
Darcy Lockman is a Brooklyn, N.Y.-based freelance writer and frequent contributor to The Daily Cat. Her work has appeared in publications such as the New York Times and Rolling Stone.
Mike says: The picture attached to the article caught my eye. Our cat has recently (1-2 months) started drinking water from any and every water glass my wife and I might have around the house. I keep water on my nightstand while I sleep, and our cat will practically sit on my face and drink from the glass. When he see's you holding a glass of water, he gets super excited. He rarely drinks from either of his water bowls, but through the years we've never seen him frequently drinking his water. After reading this article, I'm concerned about his sudden obsession with drinking from our water glasses. He receives an annual checkup, and last year he had bloodwork done three times (two of the times were pre and post dental work) and no problems have ever been found, but he's just now over the 8 year mark (we think - he came to us as a stray). Should we be concerned about diabetes? Anyone?
Melodie E. says: All of these articles are soo helpful. I just got my first cat several weeks ago and really appreciated the information here. Your site will now be on my favorites list!!
lauren says: That cat pic is so cute!' lol'
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February 07, 2013 10:17 ET
PETALUMA, CA--(Marketwire - Feb 7, 2013) - Conceptua Math today announced that Tucson, Arizona's Sunnyside Unified School District (USD) made dramatic gains in student achievement using the Conceptua Fractions curriculum during the fall of 2012.
Pre- and post-test data has been analyzed for 2,000 fourth and fifth graders, across 13 schools and 120 classrooms, who used the program daily as a replacement fractions curriculum for two and a half months. The impact on student performance was dramatic. Student understanding of fractions nearly doubled, with an overall increase in comprehension of 36% in both grades. Before studying fractions, only 4.5% of the students were proficient with the subject matter. After using Conceptua Fractions, the proficiency rate increased to 61%.
"The post test results were extremely encouraging. The data show significant growth in a core curricular area where it has historically been very difficult for us to raise student performance," says Christie McDougall, Math Coordinator, Sunnyside Unified School District.
The Sunnyside District serves more than 18,000 preK-12 students with a population that is 88% Hispanic and 85% low socioeconomic. The graduation rate is 67%. Four of the five middle schools and two of the elementary schools are currently labeled as "D" schools according to AZ Learns, Arizona's accountability system. Low performance in mathematics is a significant factor contributing to this accountability rating. As a result, Sunnyside was looking for a new math curriculum, starting with the topic that students and teachers found most difficult and frustrating -- fractions. They found what they were looking for in Conceptua Fractions, a digital fractions curriculum from Conceptua Math.
Sunnyside USD and Conceptua Math share a passion for education and implementation that contributed to the student success. Dr. Manuel Isquierdo, Sunnyside's Superintendent, explains: "When Conceptua first came to our attention, I recognized right away that this is not only a superior instructional approach to learning mathematics, but also a unique business partnership that could help Sunnyside achieve the ambitious goals we have for our technology-rich learning environment."
A case study documenting student results, teacher behaviors, and the implementation practices leading to these results is available at www.conceptuamath.com.
About Conceptua Math
Conceptua Math, an innovator in online K-8 math curriculum, was founded by a team of educational publishing and research leaders with a mission to transform the teaching and learning of mathematics. Conceptua Math uses patent-pending technologies to bid farewell to the traditional print textbook and usher in a new era where both teachers and students use visually-interactive curriculum to master difficult math topics. For more information, visit www.conceptuamath.com or phone 888.768.MATH. Read an online version of this press release.
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The first time Marcus Walker committed to play football for Kentucky came when he wasn't quite ready for such an important decision.
Back in January, the highly touted safety from Florida liked everything the UK coaching staff was telling him, and the Wildcats represented his "best" scholarship offer at the time. He'd never visited Lexington as a football recruit, but he decided to go ahead and commit to UK anyway.
Three months later, he backed out of that pledge.
"I just wanted to explore my options and see what schools would come at me," Walker told the Herald-Leader last week. "They were sad that I did it, but they understood that I committed too early. They just kept talking to me and staying on me, like they really wanted me. They've treated me like family."
Three months after his decision to back out of the UK pledge, Walker says he has more than 30 scholarship offers from programs all over the country. Still, the Wildcats are one of his favorites.
The 6-foot prospect from Lake Wales, Fla., is considered the No. 16 safety in the class of 2015 by both ESPN and Rivals.com. ESPN grades him as a four-star prospect, and he's the top-rated three-star safety in the Rivals rankings.
Walker, who has a 3.8 grade-point average, said the schools that are recruiting him all like the same things.
"They like how smart I am and that I can read offenses very easily," he said. "They like how I come downfield and make open-field tackles. They like how I rally to the ball and go get the ball out of the air. They say I'm a ball-hawk."
Walker managed to snag six interceptions last season despite leaving the second game of the year with a broken ankle, which kept him out of action until right before the playoffs. He said his goal as a senior is 11 interceptions, and to stay healthy, of course.
First, he'll likely make his final college decision.
Walker recently named Kentucky, Arkansas and Michigan State as his top three schools, though he told the Herald-Leader that the Wildcats and the Spartans were the two "clear leaders" as of late last week. Later in the conversation, Walker mentioned that he "really liked" the SEC.
He visited both East Lansing and Fayetteville in mid-June, but he hasn't come to UK on a recruiting trip. So far, his only visit to Lexington was for an AAU basketball tournament.
That is to change later this month.
Walker plans a trip to the Bluegrass for the weekend of July 18. He said his final college decision will most likely come during the visit or the day after he returns home to Florida.
That timetable seems like a plus for the Wildcats.
One of his close friends and high school teammates — four-star center Luke Hiers — is already part of UK's recruiting class of 2015, but Walker says Hiers hasn't tried to influence his decision.
The appeal of UK, he says, is the chance to be a part of something new.
Even after he decommitted, Walker continued to follow the recruiting fortunes of Mark Stoops and his coaching staff. He said — with a hint of pride — that he'll be the first defensive back to join the 2015 class if he commits to the Cats later this month.
"When I visit, I'm just hoping it feels like home. And I hope it feels like a family up there and has a great atmosphere," Walker said.
"Mark Stoops coming in for his second year, they're up-and-coming and they're recruiting the players to do it. If it's possible, I just want to be part of that change. And to make a name for myself up there."


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